Circle of Blue
APRIL 20, 2022
Record-high global food prices coincide with failed harvests. In the Somali region of Ethiopia, at a newly established site where people displaced by the recent drought are staying, many women and children are in desperate need of food, water, and health services. Photo © UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – April 20, 2022.
Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 20, 2022
JetBlue's venture capital subsidiary is investing in a multibillion-dollar climate fund as it strives to make sustainable travel improvements. The post JetBlue Invests in Sustainability Fund appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Yale E360
APRIL 20, 2022
In an effort to reduce imports of Russian coal and gas, the European Union is weighing a more ambitious renewable energy target, aiming to generate 45 percent of the bloc's power from renewables by 2030, instead of 40 percent, the current goal. Read more on E360 ?.
Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 20, 2022
JetBlue's venture capital subsidiary is investing in a multibillion-dollar climate fund as it strives to make sustainable travel improvements. The post JetBlue Invests in Sustainability Fund appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 20, 2022
The Elk River. Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. Photo © waferboard / Flickr. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Conservation groups in Canada claim an electric utility is failing to appropriately restore habitats destroyed by hydroelectric dam projects. Floods decimate coastal South Africa. War destroys water infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving millions without access to drinking water.
Frontiers
APRIL 20, 2022
By Tania Fitzgeorge-balfour, science writer. Image: Robert Kneschke. A new study has linked life satisfaction to the chemistry in our brains. People that release more of the neurochemical oxytocin are kinder to others and tend to be more satisfied with their lives. In addition, oxytocin release increases with age, showing why, on average, people are more caring as they get older.
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Frontiers
APRIL 20, 2022
By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager, Frontiers. Image: Shutterstock.com. Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range of topics. Here are just some of the highlights that resonated strongly with readers on our news site in the month of March. Leftovers in prehistoric pots let scientists peek into the kitchen of an ancient civilization.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Cosmic dust grains are believed to play an essential role in the emergency of chemical complexity in the universe. In particular, it may catalyze new chemical reactions with the circumstellar and interstellar gasses and therefore, dust-grain surfaces may contribute to the synthesis of the large variety of molecular species found in the interstellar medium.
Washington Nature
APRIL 20, 2022
By Ailene Ettinger, Quantitative Ecologist According to social researchers, grit means “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals, and having stamina;” they say it’s a valuable characteristic for thriving and that building grit in our kids is a worthy goal. Achieving tangible, lasting conservation results in ways that respect people, communities, and culture requires grit, too.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once proposed a terrifying thought experiment. Suppose, some lonesome night, a demon whispers in your ear and says you’ll have to live your life over and over again – each time in precisely the same way as before. “Every pain and every joy and every thought and sigh and everything unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you,” Nietzsche warned, “all in the same succession and sequence.”.
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 20, 2022
by Faith Chan, University of Nottingham and Olalekan Adekola, York St John University Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. In northeast India, some residents have been forced to rebuild their homes at least eight times in the past decade. In Africa, the continent’s largest city, Lagos in Nigeria, … Continue reading As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
Researchers at Harvard University in the US have put forward a possible new way to enhance superconductivity in cuprate materials. The approach, which involves embedding the materials in an electromagnetic cavity, could pave the way toward realizing room-temperature superconductivity, which the researchers call “a holy grail of modern condensed matter and material science”.
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 20, 2022
by John Casellas Connors, Texas A&M University and Christopher Rea, The Ohio State University Gun and ammunition sales in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. And although it may come as a surprise, this trend has supported conservation activities. That’s because every firearm and bullet produced or imported into the U.S. is subject to … Continue reading Fewer Americans are hunting, and that raises hard questions about funding conservation through gun sales.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Martin Knudsen at work in a laboratory. (Courtesy: University of Copenhagen, Denmark). The Danish physicist Martin Knudsen (1871–1949) has just passed his 150th anniversary. Growing up, he worked as a shepherd during the summer and finished his career as a professor in physics and president at the University of Copenhagen.
Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 20, 2022
The Net Zero Tracker collects data on targets net zero targets pledged by nations, states and regions, cities and companies, as well as on factors that indicate the integrity of those targets — essentially, how serious the entity setting the target is about meaningfully cutting its net emissions to zero. It includes data on: all … Continue reading Net Zero Tracker.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
The campfire was a social hub for ancient humans, and a virtual reality investigation suggests that the flickering light may have made art etched on flat rocks look animated
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 20, 2022
Read the full story at MuckRock. As COVID-19 testing sites close and experts warn that case numbers are capturing a small minority of infections, many public health experts are turning to a newer source that might tell us what’s going on with the virus: our poop. In the past two years, scientists have developed systems that can detect … Continue reading The national fight against COVID-19 isn’t ready to go to the sewers?.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
The school of physics at Trinity College Dublin has renamed a lecture theatre that was previously named in honour of the Nobel-prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The move is in response to revelations about Schrödinger’s life, specifically that he groomed and sexually abused young girls. The university says that it is also considering the future of its annual Schrödinger Lecture Series, which began in 1995 and is supported by the Austrian Embassy and the National Bank of Austria. .
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New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
There is a historical obligation for higher-income countries to transfer some of their vast and ill-gotten wealth to lower-income ones to compensate them for the damage they have done to the environment, writes Graham Lawton
National Law Center
APRIL 20, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: April 20, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
Palaeontologist Riley Black has written an inventive look at the days, years and centuries following the impact of the asteroid that triggered the extinction of about three-quarters of all the species on Earth
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Numerous commercial technologies for online treatment monitoring (OTM) in radiotherapy (RT) are currently available including electronic portal imaging device (EPID) in vivo dosimetry (IVD), transmission detectors and log file analysis. Despite this, in the UK, there exists limited guidance on how to implement and commission a system for clinical use or information about the resources required to set up and maintain a service.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
From deep-sea mines to aquaculture, bioprospecting and energy generation, humanity’s accelerating expansion into the high seas has potentially huge consequences for its health
Environmental Leader
APRIL 20, 2022
Saint-Gobain North America, through its electrochromic glass subsidiary SageGlass, will recycle over 1,000 tons of glass per year for the next five years. The post Saint-Gobain to Recycle 1,000 Tons of Glass for the Next Five Years appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
Ending a relationship by disappearing without explanation, known as “ghosting”, seems to be a distinct form of social rejection – and psychologists are discovering why it is so painful
Environmental Leader
APRIL 20, 2022
An enhanced demand response system can help industrial facilities improve energy use and production. The post Ndustrial Energy Demand Response System Improves Efficiency of Refrigeration Facilities appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
These fascinating and colourful mollusc shells from a collection at the Natural History Museum in London are drawn from a new book, Interesting Shells by Andreia Salvador
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 20, 2022
On April 20, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the investment of $199 million for 13 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and nonpoint source projects across 11 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. “Ensuring the reliability of our most precious infrastructure is vital to the road to recovery for many of our communities,” said Gov.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
Existing 3D printers work by building up an object one layer at a time, making it difficult to produce some intricate shapes, but a new technique involving lasers could change that
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 20, 2022
Read the full story at Fast Company. Three years ago, London was the first city to introduce an “Ultra Low Emissions Zone,” or ULEZ, which charged the most polluting vehicles a fee to enter—something the BBC called one of the most radical anti-pollution policies in the world at the time. The zone expanded last year. Now the … Continue reading How London plans to make the entire city an Ultra Low Emissions Zone.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
A suspense-filled documentary sees Free Solo's Alex Honnold and 80-year-old ecologist Bruce Means set out to climb a remote table-top mountain deep in Guyana's Amazon rainforest
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2022
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. This webinar presents a novel methodology for dosimetry audits on intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery applications. The succeS R S dosimetry audit service offered by RTsafe combines the Prime anthropomorphic head phantom with advanced dosimetry implemented by RTsafe’s highly experienced scientific team.
New Scientist
APRIL 20, 2022
Feathers of different colours have been found on a fossilised pterosaur skull, hinting that an ancestor of these winged reptiles had feathers far earlier than we thought
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